#B23AA5#B23AA5

#B23AA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.196 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AA5
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 165)
HSL	hsl(307, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(307, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 7.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.92, 60.42, -32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.92, 68.83, 331.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1736 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.196 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6647, 15.2098, 37.1214)
Luminance	0.1521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AA5 #3AB247

analogous

#833AB2 #B23AA5 #B23A69

triadic

#B23AA5 #A5B23A #3AA5B2

tetradic

#B23AA5 #B2833A #3AB247 #3A69B2

square

#B23AA5 #B2833A #3AB247 #3A69B2

split-complementary

#B23AA5 #69B23A #3AB283

monochromatic

#561C4F #842B7A #B23AA5 #CB5FBF #DA8DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#B23AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#B23AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AA5

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AA5	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3562A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F73A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA456B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.196 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ac0',
    500: '#b23aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23aa5;
$custom-light: #cc7ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.5,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55943,
    "c": 0.19572,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AA5

secondary

#83C48B

accent

#DA5D4D

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AA5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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